Contingency Plan - Pretest

Which of the following best describes a contingency plan (CP)?

• Backup plan that can work simultaneously for all forms of hazards.

• Closely related with disaster mitigation plan

• Embedded as operational plan for the four (4) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) thematic areas

• Scenario-based plan for a particular natural or human-induced hazard

CP was first brought to the National Disaster Coordinating Council by __________

• United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

• United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

• United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

The legal basis for crisis management in the Philippines, which is also a reference for CP, is:

• Executive Order No. 80

• Executive Order No. 81

• Executive Order No. 82

• Executive Order No. 83

The basis for the conduct of CP is provided for in the Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1 s 2016 by the ________ and ________.

• National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and Office of Civil Defense (OCD)

• NDRRMC and National Security Council (NSC)

• Anti-Terrorism Council and NSC

• OCD and NSC

The relevance of CP in the international context is found in Priority 4 of the ______.

• Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Framework

• ASEAN Framework

• Hyogo Framework

• Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

Which of the following is a myth on CP?

• There are trained local CP experts and facilitators all over the Philippines.

• CP helps to prevent displacement.

• CP requires an appropriate funding source.

• The contents of CP are sensitive and must be kept confidential due to the technicalities of the operations.

___________ are information that serve as indicators valuable for policy analysis to allow the prediction of developing crises and the need to initiate action either to prevent them or contain their effects.

• Assessment signals

• Early warning signs

• Situation reports

• Environmental plans

___________involves plans and institutional arrangements to engage and guide the efforts of government, non- government, voluntary and private agencies in comprehensive and coordinated ways to respond to the entire spectrum of crisis needs.

• Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

• Counter-Crisis Measures

• Crisis Management

• Disaster Risk Management

___________ is an organized and authorized body of government agencies, to include the civil society organizations and private sector, mandated to undertake DRRM activities from the national to local levels.

• DRRM Committee

• DRRM Council

• Crisis Management Committee

• Crisis Management Council

If the crisis involves foreign national/s, either as perpetrators or victim/s, the jurisdiction is within the Local DRRM Council.

• True

• False